The
Yellow Door is a great, old school folk coffeehouse tucked into the McGill
ghetto in Montreal. I joined my friend Andrea
Revel for a show there, and Steve on the soundboard made the recording...
You Haven't Learned
Bend
Horizon
St. Christopher
Everybody
Open
Concept Productions' Christmas Compilation. December 2005
My friend Jordan Kern and
I put together this version of Joni Mitchell's River as part of Open
Concept Productions' Annual Christmas Album. I felt it was my duty to provide
the project with a festive break-up song...
River (Joni Mitchell)
C'est What. February 23rd, 2005
It was my great pleasure
to meet and open for Edie
Carey at C'est What in Toronto. The audience was warm and wonderful, excepting
one table left over from the dinner crowd. These folks were convinced the evening
would be more entertaining if we took more of a karaoke approach, and tried
to convince me that thier friend should definitely take the stage with his version
of "Like a Virgin". They were also considerate enough to sit directly
beneath the room mic. At one point during "Fearless" you can hear
them get really excited (I prefer to think it's about the impact of my lyrics)
and I think someone finally goes over and asks them to shut the hell up. Ah
the life...
Distance
Strange Sensation
Fearless
C'est What. June 26th, 2004
I showed up for a gig with
my good friend Andrea
Florian, and as a happy surprise the lovely and talented Emm
Gryner dropped by for a late set. These recordings were made by the man
on the sound board - Crispin.
All I See
Lost
House Concert, presented by Rismix Live. June 25th, 2004
Rismix
Live is an on-line radio station run by Shael Risman. Shael is a tremendous
supporter of independent music, and when he heard I'd be in his neck of the
woods he put together a house concert/birthday party/backyard BBQ the likes
of which Whitby had never seen. He set up the cassette deck during sound check,
and got some down and dirty recordings of the evening's concert. I was joined
on shaker by two and a half year old Sophie
Risman... you'll hear her if you listen close....
Different
A Better Year
Still
Euphony. April 22nd, 2004
Euphony was a songwriter's
circle in the beautiful Music Room in Halifax. I was joined by Rose
Cousins, Brooke Miller and Tyler Messick...
my pal Andrea sat in the back of the auditorium with her mini-disc and recorded
the night (at one point during "Reason" you can hear her knock the
recorder off the chair). This was the first time I performed "Reason",
and Rose, Brooke and Tyler joined me at the end for some sweet vocals.
The Poetry
Reason
Red Fish Demo Tapes. March 2003
Before James Shaw recorded
my show at the Lunenburg Opera House that went on to become The Architecture, I stopped
by his studio upstairs for a weekend and laid down a couple of demos.
Another Love Song
Neither Do I
Sonic Valley. Some winter.... possibly 2001....
This was my first solo
recording after my band broke up. We'd been working with Vance Dylan at his
studio, Sonic Valley, and I dropped by for one last visit one snowy Sunday....